Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size
Login

Military Photos



Operation Centaur Rodeo (March 2004)

(34 total words in this text)
(2215 Reads)  Printer-friendly page
Operation Centaur Rodeo was designed to interdict weapons smugglers and slow the flow of illegal weapons in Baqubah. As of March 30, 2004, coalition forces had seized 3 people and numerous weapons.

Military History
Forum Posts

Military Polls

Is the use of antidepressant medications in combat zones a proper response to the stress of combat?

[ Results | Polls ]

Votes: 195

This Day in History
1539: Hernando de Soto lands in Florida with 600 soldiers in search of gold.

1859: The Piedmontese army crosses the Sesia River and defeats the Austrians at Palestro.

1862: Union General Henry Halleck enters Corinth, Mississippi.

1868: Memorial Day begins when two women place flowers on both Confederate and Union graves.

1912: U.S. Marines are sent to Nicaragua to protect American interests.

1913: The First Balkan War ends.

1921: The U.S. Navy transfers the Teapot Dome oil reserves to the Department of the Interior.

1942: A thousand-plane raid on the German city of Cologne is launched by Great Britain. Almost 1,500 tons of bombs rain down in 90 minutes, delivering a devastating blow to the Germans medieval city as well as its morale.

1951: Eighth Army regained the Kansas Line.

1952: Far East Air Forces had flown 200,000 sorties in the Korean War during some 330 consecutive days of combat operations.